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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1124-10
December 08, 2010
Soldier Missing in Action from World War I Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War I, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Private Henry A. Weikel, 28, of Mt. Carmel, Pa., will be buried on Dec. 9 in Annville, Pa. On Sept. 16, 1918, as part of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, his unit encountered heavy enemy artillery barrage and machine gun fire near Jaulny, France, in a wooded area known as Bois de Bonvaux. Weikel was killed during the battle and his remains were buried with two other soldiers in a wooded area between Bois de Bonvaux and Bois de Grand Fontaine. Attempts to locate his remains by U.S. Army Graves Registration personnel following the war were unsuccessful.
In September 2006, French nationals hunting for metal in the area found human remains and World War I artifacts. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team, operating near the location, was notified of the discovery and recovered human remains upon excavating the site.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the JPAC laboratory also used dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1106-10
December 02, 2010
U.S. Soldier MIA from Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Sgt. First Class Wallace L. Slight, 24, of Yates City, Ill., will be buried Dec. 3 in Van Meter, Iowa. On Nov. 1, 1950, Slight was assigned to M Company, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, occupying a defensive position in North Korea, along the Nammyon River, near a bend known as the "Camel's Head." Two enemy elements attacked the 1st Cavalry Division's lines, collapsing their perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. Almost 400 men, including Slight, were reported missing or killed in action following the battle.
In 1953, a U.S. soldier captured during the same battle reported that a fellow prisoner of war had told him Slight had died on the battlefield during the attack.
Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of 200-400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents turned over with one of the boxes indicated the remains in one of the boxes were exhumed near Unsan County, North Pyongan Province. This location correlates with the location of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment on Nov. 2, 1950.
Analysts from DPMO and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) developed case leads with information spanning more than 58 years. Through interviews with eyewitnesses, experts evaluated circumstances surrounding the soldier's captivity and death and researched wartime documentation of his loss.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC used dental comparisons and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of Slight's brother and half-brother -- in the identification.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1044-10
November 12, 2010
Missing WWII Airman Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Air Forces Capt. George W. Grismore, 30, of Salt Lake City, will be buried at sea Nov. 17 off the coast of Newport Beach, Calif. A memorial service in Salt Lake City will precede the burial on Nov. 13. On March 12, 1945, Grismore and five crew members aboard a C-47A Skytrain departed Tanauan Airfield on Leyte, Philippines, on a resupply mission to guerilla troops. Once cleared for takeoff, there was no further communication between the aircrew and airfield operators. When the aircraft failed to return, a thorough search of an area ten miles on either side of the intended route was initiated. No evidence of the aircraft was found and the six men were presumed killed in action. Their remains were determined to be non-recoverable in 1949.
In 1989, a Philippine National Police officer contacted U.S. officials regarding a possible World War II-era aircraft crash near Leyte. Human remains, aircraft parts and artifacts were turned over to the local police, then to U.S. officials at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.
From 1989 to 2009, JPAC sought permission to send teams to the crash site but unrest in the Burauen region precluded on-scene investigations or recovery operations. Meanwhile, JPAC scientists continued the forensic process, analyzing the remains and physical evidence already in hand.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA - which matched that of Grismore's nephew - in the identification of his remains.
At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 72,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, call 703-699-1420 or visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo .
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1026-10
November 08, 2010
Soldier Missing from Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Cpl. Floyd E. Hooper, 27, of Stratton, Colo., will be buried on Nov. 13 in his hometown. In February 1951, his unit, the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, fought against Chinese Communist forces in support of Operation Thunderbolt, an operation to sweep and clear enemy forces occupying areas south of the Han River. Strong enemy forces supported by artillery fire forced his unit to withdraw to a defensive perimeter where he was captured on Feb. 4, 1951, near Yangp'yong, Korea. After the 1953 armistice, it was learned from surviving POWs that he had been held in a POW camp in Suan County, North Korea, and died of malnutrition and dysentery just a few months later.
Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of 200-400 servicemen. North Korean documents turned over with one of the boxes indicated the remains were exhumed near Suan County. This location correlates with Hooper's last known location.
Analysts from DPMO developed case leads with information spanning more than 58 years. Through interviews with surviving POW eyewitnesses, experts validated circumstances surrounding the soldier's captivity and death, confirming wartime documentation of his loss.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used dental comparisons and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA - which matched that of his brother - in the identification of his remains.
More than 2,000 servicemen died as prisoners of war during the Korean War. With this accounting, more than 8,000 service members still remain missing from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 987-10
October 27, 2010
Airmen Missing in Action from WWII Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Army Air Forces Staff Sgts. Claude A. Ray, 24, Coffeyville, Kan., and Claude G. Tyler, 24, Landover, Md., will both be buried today -- Ray in Fallbrook, Calif., and Tyler in Arlington National Cemetery. These two airmen, along with 10 other crew members, were ordered to carry out a reconnaissance mission in their B-24D Liberator, taking off from an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea, on Oct. 27, 1943. Allied plans were being formulated to mount an attack on the Japanese redoubt at Rabaul, New Britain. American strategists considered it critical to take Rabaul in order to support the eventual invasion of the Philippines. The crew's assigned area of reconnaissance was the nearby shipping lanes in the Bismarck Sea. But during their mission, they were radioed to land at a friendly air strip nearby due to poor weather conditions. The last radio transmission from the crew did not indicate their location, and searchers that day and the following weeks were unable to locate the aircraft in spite of multiple searches over land and sea areas.
Following World War II, the Army Graves Registration Service conducted investigations and searches for 43 missing airmen, including Ray and Tyler, in the area but concluded in June 1949 that they were unrecoverable.
In August 2003 a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) received information on a crash site from a citizen in Papua New Guinea while they were investigating another case. He also turned over an identification card from one of the crew members and reported that there were possible human remains at the site of the crash. Twice in 2004 other JPAC teams attempted to visit the site but were unable to do so due to poor weather and hazardous conditions at the helicopter landing site. Another team was able to successfully excavate the site from January to March 2007 where they found several identification tags from the B-24D crew as well as human remains.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of relatives of Ray and Tyler -- in the identification of their remains
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 74,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 961-10
October 21, 2010
Soldier Missing in Action from WWII Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Staff Sgt. John R. Simonetti, 26, of Jackson Heights, N.Y., will be buried on Oct. 25 in Arlington National Cemetery. Following the Normandy invasion, allied troops began the deadly task of engaging regrouped German forces in the pastures, hedgerows and villages of France. On June 16, 1944, Simonetti was among the advancing infantrymen of the 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division. The soldiers were met with heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire and were forced to stop and take cover before they reached the French town of St. Germain-d'Elle. During the battle, the Americans sustained heavy losses, including Simonetti. Two members of his unit later gave conflicting information on the location and disposition of his remains. In the first account, the witness stated his body could not be recovered due to enemy activity, and the second said his body was evacuated to the battalion aid station. Two post-war investigations failed to recover his remains and he was declared non-recoverable by a military review board in 1950.
In May 2009, a French construction crew uncovered human remains and military equipment-including Simonetti's identifications tags-when excavating a site in St. Germain-d'Elle. French police turned over the remains and artifacts to U.S. officials for analysis.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used dental comparisons in the identification of his remains.
At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 74,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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Missing WWII Airman Identified
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 937-10
October 14, 2010
Missing WWII Airman Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Arthur F. Parkhurst, of Evansville, Ind., will be buried on Oct. 16 in Dayton, Ohio. On March 12, 1945, Parkhurst and five other crew members aboard a C-47A Skytrain departed Tanauan Airfield on Leyte, Philippines, on a resupply mission to guerilla troops. Once cleared for takeoff there was no further communication between the aircrew and airfield operators. When the aircraft failed to return, a thorough search of an area ten miles on either side of the intended route was initiated. No evidence of the aircraft was found and the six men were presumed killed in action, their remains determined non-recoverable.
In 1989, a Philippine national police officer contacted U.S. officials regarding a possible World War II-era aircraft crash near Leyte. Human remains, aircraft parts and artifacts -- including an identification tag belonging to Parkhurst -- were turned over to the local police, then to U.S. officials.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used dental comparisons and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of Parkhurst's brother and sister -- in the identification of his remains.
At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 72,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, call 703-699-1169 or visit the DPMO Web site at www.dtic.mil/dpmo .
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Japanese remains, not American, found on Tarawa
By Audrey McAvoy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HONOLULU � Forensic anthropologist Gregory Fox and his team sifted dirt on the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa at what they thought might be graves of U.S. Marines and sailors killed in one of World War II’s most savage battles.
They unearthed instead a mass grave of Japanese soldiers killed in the 1943 battle, along with a forgotten local cemetery. .......
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Final rest for Korean War MIA
Remains of Buffalo-born soldier who went missing in 1950 will be buried next week in Arlington National Cemetery
By Janice L. Habuda
News Staff Reporter Published:October 9, 2010, 7:46 AM
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WWII soldier's burial on Sat.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The family was invited to France in September 2006 to claim the ID bracelet. Meanwhile, the US military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command excavated the ... |
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 911-10
October 06, 2010
Missing WWII Soldiers Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Army Pfc. Lawrence N. Harris, of Elkins, W.V., will be buried on Oct. 8 in Clarksburg, W.V, and Army Cpl. Judge C. Hellums, of Paris, Miss., will be buried on Oct. 9 in Randolph, Miss. In late September 1944, their unit, the 773rd Tank Battalion, was clearing German forces out of the Parroy Forest near Lun?ille. On Oct. 9, 1944, in the final battle for control of the region, Hellums, Harris and three other soldiers were attacked by enemy fire in their M-10 Tank Destroyer. Harris and Hellums were reported to have been killed, and evidence at the time indicated the remains of the men had been destroyed in the attack and were neither recovered nor buried near the location.
In November 1946, a French soldier working in the Parroy Forest found debris associated with an M-10 vehicle and human remains, which were turned over to the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC). The remains were buried as unknowns in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium. A year later, the AGRC returned to the Parroy Forest to conduct interviews and search for additional remains. Investigators noted at that time that all remains of U.S. soldiers had reportedly been removed and that the soldiers were likely buried elsewhere as unknowns.
In 2003, a French citizen exploring the Parroy Forest discovered human remains and an identification bracelet engraved with Hellums' name. The information was eventually sent to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). In April 2006, the man turned over the items to a JPAC team working in Europe.
Historians at DPMO and JPAC continued their research on the burials at the Ardennes Cemetery, and drew a correlation to those unknowns that had been removed from the 1944 battle site. In early 2008, JPAC disinterred these remains and began their forensic review.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC used dental comparisons for both men and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA, which matched that of each soldier's relatives in the identification of their remains.
At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 72,000 remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 879-10
September 27, 2010
Missing WWII Naval Aviators Identified
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Navy Lt. Francis B. McIntyre of Mitchell, S.D., will be buried on Sept. 29, and Aviation Radioman Second Class William L. Russell of Cherokee, Okla., will be buried on Oct. 1. Both men will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
On Nov. 10, 1943, the two men took off on a bombing and strafing mission in their SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber from Munda Field, New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands. Witnesses last saw the aircraft flying at low altitude through a large explosion on an enemy airfield on Buka Island, Papua New Guinea. None reported seeing the crash of the aircraft itself.
The American Graves Registration Service searched numerous South Pacific Islands in 1949 in an effort to gather data about aircraft crashes or missing Americans. The team was unable to find any useful information, and failed to recover any American remains in the area. A board of review declared both men unrecoverable.
In 2007, a Papuan national found a World War II crash site near the Buka airport, which was reported to U.S. officials. In May 2008, specialists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), working with the country's national museum, investigated the crash site but were unable to excavate it because of inclement weather. Local officials turned over human remains, McIntyre's identification tag and other military-related items which had been recovered earlier. After examining the remains in 2008 and 2009, JPAC determined that no excavation would be required since the two sets of remains were nearly complete.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC used dental comparisons for both men and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA which matched a sample from Russell's relatives and DNA extracted from a hat belonging to McIntyre.
At the end of World War II, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 individuals. Today, more than 72,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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WWII soldier to be buried in W.Va. after 66 years
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 871-10
September 23, 2010
Missing WWII Soldier is Identified in Germany
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Sgt. Edward T. Jones, of West Pawlet, Vt., will be buried on Sept. 25 in Saratoga, N.Y. In November 1944, the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division was traveling east through the H?tgen Forest in an attempt to capture the German towns of Vossenack and Schmidt. On Nov. 6, Jones and five other members of A Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, were killed in the town of Kommerscheidt when a German tank fired point-blank on their position.
In 2008, a German explosive ordnance disposal team, working at a construction site in the town of Kommerscheidt, found fragments of a World War II-era U.S. military boot. The team notified the German War Graves Commission who recovered remains of two individuals at the site and military equipment including two identification tags. The items were turned over to a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team in the area for further analysis.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the JPAC used dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 865-10
September 22, 2010
Missing WWII Soldier is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Pfc. James C. Konyud, of Cleveland, will be buried on Sept. 25 in his hometown. From mid-September 1944 to early February 1945, the Army was engaged against German forces in the H?tgen Forest, along the Germany/Belgium border, in the longest continuously fought battle in American history. In early January 1945, elements of the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division were deployed defensively in the area southeast of Aachen. Konyud, a member of K Company, 121st Infantry Regiment, was reported missing near the location on Jan. 1.
In 2007, a German explosive ordnance disposal team working in an agricultural field between Vossenack and H?tgen, found human remains and military-related equipment, including Konyud's military identification tag. The remains and items were turned over to Army Memorial Affairs Activity-Europe officials for further analysis.
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) teams traveled to excavate the site twice in 2007 and once in 2008, recovering additional remains and other military-related equipment, including a second identification tag for Konyud.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA, which matched that of Konyud's brother and niece, in the identification of his remains.
More than 400,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 as known persons. Today, more than 72,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, call 703-699-1420 or visit the DPMO Web site at www.dtic.mil/dpmo .
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Correction: September 23, 2010 - The initial press release stated the remains were excavated from a crash site and that crew-related equipment was also recovered. Pfc. Konyud died in a ground battle and his remains, along with military-related equipment, were recovered in a field and were not found at a crash site.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 790-10
September 01, 2010
U.S. Soldier MIA from Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
United States Army Sgt. Charles P. Whitler will be buried Sept. 2 in his hometown of Cloverport, Ky.
In early November 1950, Whitler was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, occupying a defensive position near the town of Unsan by the Kuryong River known as the "Camel's Head." Two enemy elements attacked the U.S. forces, collapsing their perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. Whitler's unit was involved in fighting which devolved into hand-to-hand combat around the 3rd Battalion's command post. Almost 400 men were reported missing or killed in action following the battle.
In late November 1950, a U.S. soldier captured during the battle of Unsan reported during his debriefing that he and nine American soldiers were moved to a house near the battlefield. The POWs were taken to an adjacent field and shot. Three of the 10 Americans survived, though one later died. The surviving solider provided detailed information on the incident location.
Analysts from DPMO developed case leads with information spanning more than 58 years. Through interviews with eyewitnesses, experts evaluated circumstances surrounding Whitler's captivity and death and researched wartime documentation of his loss.
In May 2004, a joint U.S.-North Korean team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, excavated a mass grave near the "Camel's Head." An elderly North Korean man reported he had witnessed the death of seven or eight U.S. soldiers near that location and provided the team with a general description of the burial site.
The excavation team recovered human remains and other personal artifacts, ultimately leading to the identification of seven soldiers from that site, one of whom was Whitler.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA - which matched that of Whitler's sister and niece - in the identification.
More than 2,000 servicemen died as prisoners of war during the Korean War. With this accounting, 8,022 service members still remain missing from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1420.
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Pentagon's POW/MIA Corridor Dedicated
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:36:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 831-10
September 15, 2010
Pentagon's POW/MIA Corridor Dedicated
Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy, dedicated a new Pentagon display today honoring POWs and MIAs from all conflicts.
The corridor, located on the 3rd floor, has been added to the Pentagon's public tour route where thousands of visitors and more than 23,000 Pentagon employees may view it.
In her dedication remarks, Flournoy noted that the displays in the corridor send many messages, and urged visitors and employees to pause and learn more about POW/MIA history, and of those Americans who are still missing from all conflicts.
"America is among a handful of nations committed to finding and bringing home those lost on former battlefields or isolated burial sites," she said. "There is no question that the lessons of past conflicts have helped us improve our ability to recover personnel who become isolated or missing in today's conflicts - and I hope this provides some small comfort to those of you who lost family members in past wars."
The ceremony was attended by invited guests including veterans, families of the missing, and former POWs. In addition to panels depicting many aspects of the American POW/MIA experience, display cases include artifacts obtained during excavations for wartime remains, as well as POW memorabilia, and examples of grass roots efforts by MIA families to draw national attention to the issue.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 733-10
August 17, 2010
Airman Missing In Action From WWII Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Ray F. Fletcher, of Westborough, Mass., will be buried Aug. 20 in Burlington, Vt.
On May 10, 1944, he and four others aboard a B-25C Mitchell bomber took off from Ajaccio, Corsica, on a routine courier mission to Ghisonaccia, Corsica. They failed to reach the destination and were officially reported missing on May 13, 1944. Two days later, French police reported finding aircraft wreckage on the island's Mount Cagna.
The U.S. Army's Graves Registration Command visited the crash site in 1944 and reported remains were not recoverable. It was not until May 1989 that Corsican authorities notified U.S. Army Memorial Affairs Activity-Europe that they had found wreckage of an American WWII-era aircraft and turned over human remains collected at the mountainous location. They sent a survey team to the site and determined the terrain was too rugged to support a recovery effort. In 2003 and 2004, two French nationals provided U.S. authorities with crew-related equipment recovered from the crash site.
A Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the location in September 2005 and recovered additional human remains as well as more crew-related equipment.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of Fletcher's remains.
This month marks the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. More than 400,000 of the 16 million Americans who served during the war died. At the end of the conflict, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 as known persons. Today, more than 72,000 World War II Americans remain unaccounted-for.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1420.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 724-10
August 13, 2010
Soldier Missing from Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Cpl. Roy Stewart, U.S. Army, of Jackson, Miss. His funeral will be held Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army's mortuary office met with the next-of-kin of Stewart to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army.
Stewart was assigned to Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, deployed to North Korea near Kujang-dong. In late November 1950, he was captured by enemy forces and reportedly died March 14, 1951, while in captivity near Pyoktong, North Korea.
During Operation Glory in the fall of 1954, North Korea turned over 4,167 caskets including remains they claimed to be those of Stewart. This was part of an agreement in which each side would return remains of enemy soldiers. The United States returned caskets containing the remains of more than 12,000 communist soldiers. At the time the Army was unable to identify Stewart and the remains were buried as "unknown" along with 415 other servicemembers.
In 2008, an analyst from DPMO and an independent researcher concluded they had evidence that supported identification of several unknown soldiers buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. The remains were exhumed in September 2008. Scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command identified Stewart's remains through dental comparisons and circumstantial evidence related to the 1954 turnovers.
More than 2,000 servicemen died as prisoners of war during the Korean War. With the accounting of Stewart, 8,023 servicemembers still remain missing from that conflict.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 700-10
August 06, 2010
Airman Missing in Action from WWII Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Sgt. John P. Bonnassiolle, U.S. Army, of Oakland, Calif. He will be buried Tuesday in San Francisco.
On April 29, 1944, he was aboard a B-24J Liberator with nine other crewmen. They failed to return following a bombing mission over Berlin. German documents captured after the war established the aircraft had crashed near the town of East Meitze, Germany, north of Hannover. German forces removed the remains of three crewmen from the site and buried them in a cemetery in Hannover.
In 1946, The U.S. Army's Graves Registration Command located the remains of the men buried in Hannover and reburied them at the U.S. Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, after confirming the identities of two of the three.
In 2003, a German citizen began excavating the East Meitze crash site and turned over human remains to U.S. officials. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team traveled to excavate the crash site in 2005 and 2007, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment -- including identification tags for Bonnassiolle and three other crew members.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of Bonnassiolle's sister -- in the identification of his remains.
More than 400,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 as known persons. Today, more than 72,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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‘Unknown’ remains could belong to BG soldier
By BRETT BARROUQUERE, The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE — The simple white headstone reads “Unknown U.S. Soldier.” ...
Stowe and Darcy, military veterans who research soldiers missing in action, say they’ve compiled enough historical evidence to believe the remains are those of 2nd Lt. William R. “Billy” Gardner. Now, they’re hoping a DNA test from a relative will prove them right and put a name on the headstone.....
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 586-10
July 07, 2010
Soldier Missing In Action from World War I Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War I, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Pvt. Thomas D. Costello of New York, N.Y., will be buried on July 12 at Arlington National Cemetery.
On Sept. 16, 1918, as part of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, Costello encountered heavy enemy artillery barrage and machine gun fire near Jaulny, France, in a wooded area known as Bois de Bonvaux. He was killed during the battle and his remains were buried with two other soldiers in a wooded area between Bois de Bonvaux and Bois de Grand Fontaine.
Attempts to locate Costello's remains by Army Graves Registration personnel following the war were unsuccessful. In September 2006, French nationals hunting for metal in the area found human remains and World War I artifacts. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team, operating near the location, was notified of the discovery and recovered human remains upon excavating the site.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the JPAC laboratory also used dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
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Seven Missing WWII Airmen Identified
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:23:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 571-10
July 02, 2010
Seven Missing WWII Airmen Identified
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of seven servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Army Capt. Joseph M. Olbinski, Chicago; 1st Lt. Joseph J. Auld, Floral Park, N.Y.; 1st Lt. Robert M. Anderson, Millen, Ga.; Tech. Sgt. Clarence E. Frantz, Tyrone, Penn.; Pfc. Richard M. Dawson, Haynesville, Va.; Pvt. Robert L. Crane, Sacramento, Calif.; and Pvt. Fred G. Fagan, Piedmont, Ala., were identified and all are to be interred July 15 in Arlington National Cemetery.
On May 23, 1944, the men were aboard a C-47A Skytrain that departed Dinjan, India, on an airdrop mission to resupply Allied forces near Myitkyina, Burma. When the crew failed to return, air and ground searches found no evidence of the aircraft along the intended flight path.
In late 2002, a missionary provided U.S. officials a data plate from a C-47 crash site approximately 31 miles northwest of Myitkyina. In 2003, a Burmese citizen turned over human remains and identification tags for three of the crew members.
A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team excavated the crash site in 2003 and 2004, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment?including an identification tag for Dawson.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA ? which matched that of some of the crewmembers' families ? as well as dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
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Missing Tyrone airman ID’d
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/540077/Missing-Tyrone-airman-ID-d.html?nav=742WWII serviceman’s remains brought back from Myanmar
About seven months ago, Robert Frantz received a package from the U.S. military.It was a bracelet worn by his brother, Clarence Frantz, who went missing over "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. Their mother bought the bracelet as a gift in South Carolina before Clarence shipped out for overseas duty......
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 571-10
July 02, 2010
Seven Missing WWII Airmen Identified
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of seven servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Army Capt. Joseph M. Olbinski, Chicago; 1st Lt. Joseph J. Auld, Floral Park, N.Y.; 1st Lt. Robert M. Anderson, Millen, Ga.; Tech. Sgt. Clarence E. Frantz, Tyrone, Penn.; Pfc. Richard M. Dawson, Haynesville, Va.; Pvt. Robert L. Crane, Sacramento, Calif.; and Pvt. Fred G. Fagan, Piedmont, Ala., were identified and all are to be interred July 15 in Arlington National Cemetery.
On May 23, 1944, the men were aboard a C-47A Skytrain that departed Dinjan, India, on an airdrop mission to resupply Allied forces near Myitkyina, Burma. When the crew failed to return, air and ground searches found no evidence of the aircraft along the intended flight path.
In late 2002, a missionary provided U.S. officials a data plate from a C-47 crash site approximately 31 miles northwest of Myitkyina. In 2003, a Burmese citizen turned over human remains and identification tags for three of the crew members.
A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team excavated the crash site in 2003 and 2004, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment?including an identification tag for Dawson.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA ? which matched that of some of the crewmembers' families ? as well as dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 555-10
June 29, 2010
Sailor Missing From Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
U.S. Navy Ensign Robert W. Langwell, of Columbus, Ind., will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on July 12. On Oct. 1, 1950, Langwell was serving on the minesweeper USS Magpie when it sank after striking an enemy mine off the coast of Chuksan-ri, South Korea. Twelve crewmen were rescued, but Langwell was one of 20 men lost at sea.
In June 2008, personnel from the Republic of South Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for Killed in Action Recovery and Identification (MAKRI) canvassed towns in South Korea in an effort to gather information regarding South Korean soldiers unaccounted-for from the Korean War. An elderly fisherman, interviewed in the village of Chuksan-ri, reported that he and other villagers had buried an American serviceman in 1950 when his body was caught in the man's fishing net.
The MAKRI located the burial site on April 28, 2009, where they excavated human remains and military artifacts. The burial site was approximately three miles west of where the USS Magpie sank in 1950. The team turned the remains and artifacts over to U.S. Forces Korea, which sent them to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command for analysis.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, JPAC scientists used dental comparisons in the identification of Langwell's remains.
With Langwell's accounting, 8,025 service members still remain missing from the Korean War.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 519-10
June 22, 2010
Marine Missing in Action From World War I Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War I, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
U.S. Marine First Sergeant George H. Humphrey of Utica, N.Y., will be buried on Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. On Sept. 15, 1918, Humphrey participated in the first U.S.-led offensive of the war under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing. The battle with the Germans became known as the St. Mihiel Offensive. There were 7,000 Allied losses during this offensive and it was the first use of the American use of the term "D-Day" and the first use of tanks by American units.
Humphrey, a member of the U.S. 6th Marine Regiment, attached to the Army's 2nd Infantry Division, was killed in action during the battle and his remains were buried by fellow Marines the next day. In October 1919, a Marine who witnessed the death wrote a letter to Humphrey's brother recounting the attack near the village of Rembercourt. He included a map of his recollection of the burial site.
Attempts to locate Humphrey's remains by U.S. Army Graves Registration personnel following the war were unsuccessful. In September 2009, French nationals hunting for war relics found artifacts near Rembercourt-sur-Mad they believed to be those of a World War I American soldier. A month later, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command excavated the area, recovering human remains and military-related items including a marksman's badge with Humphrey's name engraved on the back.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC laboratory also used dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
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WWII Pearl Harbor Sailor Identified
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:27:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 485-10
June 11, 2010
WWII Pearl Harbor Sailor Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman missing in action from World War II has been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is U.S. Navy Fireman Third Class Gerald G. Lehman, of Hancock, Mich. He will be buried Saturday in Hancock.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, the battleship USS Oklahoma suffered multiple torpedo hits and capsized. As a result, 429 sailors and Marines died. Following the attack, 36 of these servicemen were identified and the remaining 393 were buried as unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
In 2003, an independent researcher contacted the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) with information he believed indicated that one of the USS Oklahoma casualties who was buried as an unknown could be positively identified. After reviewing the case, JPAC exhumed the casket and discovered that it contained Lehman's remains.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA – which matched that of his sister and nieces -- in the identification of Lehman's remains.
More than 400,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 as known persons. They include those buried with honor as unknowns, those lost at sea, and those missing in action. That number also includes the 1,100 sailors entombed in the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. Today, more than 72,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from WW II.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 463-10
June 04, 2010
Soldier Missing From Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Master Sgt. Roy E. Head of Clinchport, Va., will be buried Saturday in Duffield, Va. Head was assigned to Headquarters Company, 49th Field Artillery Battalion. After the 1953 armistice, it was learned from surviving POWs that he had been captured in February 1951, marched north to a POW camp in Suan County, North Korea, and died of malnutrition a few months later. Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of 200-400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents turned over with one of the boxes indicated the remains were exhumed near Suan County. This location correlates with Head's last known location.
Analysts from DPMO developed case leads with information spanning more than 58 years. Through interviews with surviving POW eyewitnesses, experts validated circumstances surrounding the soldier's captivity and death, confirming wartime documentation of his loss.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA ? which matched that of two of his brothers -- in the identification of the remains.
More than 2,000 servicemen died as prisoners of war during the Korean War. With this accounting, 8,025 service members still remain missing from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703- 699-1169.
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Remains
of
local
man
MIA
in
war
returned
Technical
Sgt.
Charles
T.
Goulding of Marlboro is one of eight U.S. servicemen missing in action during World War II whose remains have been returned. ......
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
347-10
April
29,
2010
U.S.
Airmen
MIA
from
WWII
are
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
eight
U.S.
servicemen,
missing
in
action
from
World
War
II,
have
been
accounted-for
and
returned
to
their
families
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
The
group
remains
of
Lt.
Jack
S.
M.
Arnett,
Charleston,
W.V.;
Flight
Officer
William
B.
Simpson,
Winston-Salem,
N.C.;
Tech.
Sgt.
Charles
T.
Goulding,
Marlboro,
N.Y.;
Tech.
Sgt.
Robert
J.
Stimson,
San
Bernardino,
Calif.;
Staff
Sgt.
Jimmie
Doyle,
Lamesa,
Texas;
Staff
Sgt.
Leland
D.
Price,
Oakwood,
Ohio;
and
Staff
Sgt.
Earl
E.
Yoh,
Scott,
Ohio,
and
the
individual
remains
of
Lt.
Frank
J.
Arhar,
Lloydell,
Pa.
were
buried
today
in
Arlington
National
Cemetery.
The
individual
remains
of
Arnett,
Yoh,
Doyle
and
Stinson
were
buried
earlier
by
their
families.
On
Sept.
1,
1944,
their
B-24J
Liberator
bomber
was
shot
down
while
on
a
bombing
mission
of
enemy
targets
near
the
town
of
Koror,
Republic
of
Palau.
Crewmen
on
other
aircraft
reported
seeing
Arnett's
aircraft
come
apart
in
the
air
and
crash
into
the
sea
between
Babelthuap
and
Koror
islands.
Two
parachutes
were
spotted,
but
none
of
the
11-man
crew
ever
returned
to
friendly
territory.
An
aerial
search
was
unsuccessful,
and
more
thorough
recovery
operations
could
not
be
conducted
due
to
Japanese
control
of
the
area.
Post-war
Japanese
documents
established
that
three
other
members
of
the
crew
survived
the
crash
but
died
while
prisoners
of
the
Japanese.
In
1949,
the
American
Graves
Registration
Service
declared
the
remains
of
all
11
crew
members
to
be
non-recoverable.
In
October
2000,
a
team
from
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
mounted
several
investigations
on
Babelthaup
island
to
attempt
to
locate
several
reported
mass
burial
sites.
A
team
returned
in
November
2001,
but
their
excavation
did
not
recover
any
material
or
biological
evidence
indicating
a
mass
burial.
They
returned
again
January
2004,
and
shortly
before
the
team
completed
their
excavation,
they
were
contacted
by
a
private
wreckage
hunting
group
called
the
"Bent
Prop
Project"
which
had
discovered
the
wreckage
of
a
B-24
on
the
ocean
floor
four
miles
northeast
of
where
a
diagram
from
U.S.
records
indicated
a
crash
site.
The
JPAC
team
examined
the
wreckage
and
recovered
remains.
Divers
from
JPAC
and
the
U.S.
Navy
examined
the
underwater
site
again
in
2005
where
they
recovered
more
remains
and
material
evidence.
After
stabilizing
the
underwater
site
for
safety
reasons,
the
joint
JPAC-U.S.
Navy
team
dived
on
the
site
again
in
early
2007
and
recovered
additional
remains.
The
joint
team
returned
again
in
2008
and
recovered
more
remains
and
evidence.
The
use
of
mitochondrial
DNA
analysis
from
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory,
the
biological
profile
of
the
remains,
dental
records,
material
evidence
including
machine
gun
serial
numbers
and
identification
tags
of
Arnett,
Doyle
and
Yoh,
enabled
JPAC
scientists
to
establish
the
identifications.
For
additional
information
on
the
Defense
Department's
mission
to
account
for
missing
Americans,
visit
the
DPMO
web
site
at
www.dtic.mil/dpmo
or
call
703-699-1169.
U.S.
Department
of
Defense
Office
of
the
Assistant
Secretary
of
Defense
(Public
Affairs)
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RELEASE
No.
324-10
April
22,
2010
U.S.
Airman
MIA
from
WWII
is
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
World
War
II,
have
been
identified
and
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
U.S.
Army
Air
Forces
Tech.
Sgt.
Walter
A.
McClellan
will
be
buried
Friday
in
his
hometown
of
Pensacola,
Fla.
On
April
17,
1945,
McClellan's
B-17
Flying
Fortress
was
struck
by
enemy
fighters
while
on
a
bombing
run
against
a
rail
depot
in
Dresden,
Germany.
Following
the
war,
U.S.
teams
attempted
to
locate
the
remains
of
the
crew
but
because
the
area
was
under
Soviet
control,
no
further
searches
could
be
conducted.
The
U.S.
Army
was
forced
to
declare
the
remains
of
the
"Towering
Titan's"
crew
to
be
non-recoverable.
Two
reports
from
German
citizens
in
1956
and
2007
indicated
that
the
remains
of
a
19-year-old
were
buried
as
an
"unknown"
in
a
local
church
cemetery
in
Burkhardswalde.
Church
records
revealed
that
the
grave
held
the
remains
of
a
young
American
flyer
who
had
parachuted
from
his
aircraft
over
the
town
of
Biensdorf,
was
captured
and
killed
by
German
SS
forces
near
Burkhardswalde.
He
was
first
buried
in
the
town's
sports
field,
but
exhumed
by
the
townspeople
after
the
war
and
reburied
in
the
church
cemetery.
In
September
2008,
a
recovery
team
of
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
exhumed
the
grave
in
Burkhardswalde
and
recovered
human
remains
and
other
artifacts,
including
a
silver
Army
Air
Forces
identification
bracelet
bearing
the
emblem
of
a
qualified
aerial
gunner.
The
biological
profile
of
the
remains
and
McClellan's
dental
records
enabled
JPAC
scientists
to
establish
the
identification.
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
277-10
April
08,
2010
U.S.
Soldier
MIA
from
Korean
War
is
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
U.S.
Army
Cpl.
Stanley
P.
Arendt
was
buried
on
March
29
in
Palatine,
Ill.
In
early
November
1950,
Arendt
was
assigned
to
the
8th
Cavalry
Regiment,
1st
Cavalry
Division
occupying
a
defensive
position
near
the
town
of
Unsan
in
the
bend
of
the
Kuryong
River
known
as
the
"Camel's
Head."
Arendt's
unit
was
involved
in
heavy
fighting
which
devolved
into
hand-to-hand
combat
around
their
command
post.
Almost
400
men
of
the
8th
Cavalry
Regiment
were
reported
missing
in
action
or
killed
in
action
from
the
battle
at
Unsan.
In
late
November
1950,
a
U.S.
soldier
captured
during
the
battle
of
Unsan
reported
during
his
debriefing
that
he
and
nine
other
American
soldiers
were
moved
to
a
house
near
the
battlefield.
The
POWs
were
taken
to
an
adjacent
field
and
shot.
Three
of
the
10
Americans
survived,
though
one
later
died.
He
provided
detailed
information
on
the
location
of
the
incident
and
the
identities
of
the
other
soldiers.
Following
the
armistice
in
1953
and
the
release
of
POWs,
the
other
surviving
soldier
confirmed
the
details
provided
in
1950.
In
May
2004,
a
joint
U.S.-North
Korean
team
excavated
a
mass
grave
near
the
"Camel's
Head"
after
receiving
a
report
that
an
elderly
North
Korean
national
had
witnessed
the
death
of
seven
or
eight
U.S.
soldiers
near
that
location
and
provided
the
team
with
a
general
description
of
the
burial
site.
The
excavation
team
recovered
human
remains
and
other
personal
artifacts,
ultimately
leading
to
the
identification
of
seven
soldiers
from
that
site.
Among
the
forensic
techniques
used
in
the
identifications
by
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
was
that
of
mitochondrial
DNA,
five
samples
of
which
matched
the
DNA
of
Arendt's
brother.
For
additional
information
on
the
Defense
Department's
mission
to
account
for
missing
Americans,
visit
the
DPMO
web
site
at
www.dtic.mil/dpmo
or
call
703-699-1169.
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Nation
03/05/20210
A
Chance
for
Closure
for
One
WWII
Widow
PRESCOTT,
Ariz.
(March
5)
--
For
more
than
66
years,
Ruth
Garmong
has
thought
daily
of
her
beloved
Bill,
the
high
school
sweetheart
she
wed
just
before
he
left
for
World
War
II
and
died
in
a
plane
crash
in
Burma.
Garmong,
now
85,
was
pregnant
when
Staff
Sgt.
William
C.
Fetterman
perished
in
1943.
She
remarried
and
had
two
more
children,
but
her
late
second
husband,
with
whom
she
shared
most
of
her
life,
"always
knew
he
was
second
choice.".....
Courtesy
of
Ruth
Garmong
William
C.
Fetterman
died
in
a
plane
crash
in
Burma
in
1943
while
serving
in
World
War
II. .....
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World
War
II
vet's
battle
for
Tarawa
comes
home
Malibu
Times
Now,
after
months
of
letter-writing
campaigns
and
public
scrutiny,
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
for
the
Navy
(JPAC)
has
notified
Cooper
that
they
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Body
of
Ala.
man
killed
in
Korean
War
identified
The
Associated
Press
Published:
Wednesday,
December
23,
2009
at
12:11
p.m.
Last
Modified:
Wednesday,
December
23,
2009
at
12:11
p.m.
After
59
years,
Army
Master
Sgt.
Silas
W.
Wilson
is
coming
home
from
the
Korean
War.
Wilson
was
killed
in
North
Korea
on
Nov.
16,
1950,
but
it
wasn't
until
recently
that
advanced
testing
confirmed
that
remains
located
in
2004
were
those
of
the
Cullman
County
native......
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Once-unknown
soldier
finally
laid
to
rest
By
Michael
Fitzgerald
December
09,
2009
12:00
AM
In
general
only
great
world
capitals
have
a
Tomb
of
the
Unknown
Soldier.
But
there's
one
in
Stockton
as
well:
crypt
86
in
Park
View
Mausoleum.
In
that
crypt
mysterious
remains
lay
for
60
years.
The
U.S.
Navy
claimed
it
was
Wesley
Stuart
of
French
Camp.
Stuart's
family,
however,
never
believed
it
was
him.
They
were
right.
......
Contact
columnist
Michael
Fitzgerald
at
(209)
546-8270
or
michaelf@recordnet.com.
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orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-missing-world-war-ii-pilot-found_2-20091208,0,2306314.story
OrlandoSentinel.com
At
long
last,
pilot
returns
from
World
War
II
After
60
years
at
the
bottom
of
the
Pacific
Ocean,
2nd
Lt.
Jack
S.
Arnett
will
be
memorialized
Saturday
in
Orlando
By
Stephen
Hudak,
Orlando
Sentinel
December
8,
2009
Until
her
last
breath,
nearly
50
years
after
her
son's
wounded
bomber
plunged
into
the
Pacific
Ocean,
Dessie
Arnett
Amick
clung
to
the
faintest
of
hopes
that
her
baby-faced
airman
would
someday
return
from
World
War
II.
On
Tuesday,
he
finally
did.
The
remains
of
2nd
Lt.
Jack
S.
Arnett,
missing
since
Sept.
1,
1944,
when
his
B-24
Liberator
and
10-man
crew
were
shot
out
of
the
sky
by
Japanese
artillery,
arrived
at
Orlando
International
Airport
with
an
Army
escort.......
Stephen
Hudak
can
be
reached
at
shudak@orlandosentinel.com
or
352-742-5930.
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'He
is
found,
and
he
has
come
home'
So
Md
News
Spurred
on
by
a
short
piece
in
National
Geographic,
David
Abell
learned
about
the
Joint
POW-MIA
Accounting
Command,
or
JPAC,
based
in
Hawaii
that
works
to
...
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Funeral
Highlights
Search
for
Missing
Servicemembers
By
Ian
Graham
Special
to
American
Forces
Press
Service
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
18,
2009
-
The
leaves
are
changing
color
at
Arlington
National
Cemetery
�
a
bright
backdrop
for
something
as
sobering
as
a
funeral.
An
Army
chaplain
in
his
dress
blues
presents
a
folded
flag
to
the
fallen's
next
of
kin,
a
man
who
looks
to
be
in
his
40s. ...
"It
may
sound
cliché
--
I
know
it
does
--
but
they
are
never
forgotten,"
he
said.
"We
will
never
forget.
We're
going
to
keep
searching
until
we
bring
every
one
of
our
brothers
home
from
the
battlefield."
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